Staff Accountant POST NUMBER: 309645
Staff Accountant
Onsite | 3–4 Month Contract | Full-Time
We are seeking a hands-on Staff Accountant to support a busy accounting team for an initial 3–4 month contract. This role will focus heavily on high-volume bank reconciliations, journal entries, cash activity, and account research.
The ideal candidate has a solid accounting foundation, is comfortable working through detailed and repetitive transactional activity, and knows how to investigate discrepancies rather than simply relying on automated reconciliations.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform high-volume bank and cash account reconciliations
- Reconcile credit card activity and research discrepancies
- Review deposit activity and ensure transactions are accurately recorded and reconciled
- Investigate reconciling items and identify variances between bank and book activity
- Prepare and post basic journal entries
- Assist with intercompany journal entries and transactions
- Research accounting discrepancies and follow items through resolution
- Support month-end close and general ledger activities
- Work with large sets of accounting data to identify exceptions and variances
- Utilize Excel to organize, analyze, and reconcile financial information
- Assist with additional accounting projects and operational needs as assigned
Qualifications
- Previous accounting experience required
- Hands-on experience with bank reconciliations, cash reconciliations, and journal entries
- Comfortable handling high-volume transaction activity
- Experience working within an ERP or accounting system
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
- Ability to analyze data and identify discrepancies or unusual activity
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Comfortable performing detailed, repetitive accounting work
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
- Strong communication and organizational skills
Nice to Have
- Experience working in a multi-entity accounting environment
- NetSuite experience
- Intercompany accounting exposure
- Experience supporting a high-volume accounting operation
This is a great opportunity for a Staff Accountant who is strong in reconciliations and transactional accounting and can step into a high-volume environment and contribute quickly.
By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.
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